Ira Bell, M.D.
Dermatology Physician · Lake Forest, CA
Ira Bell, M.D. is a dermatology physician with a practice address in Lake Forest, California, and NPI 1336114545, issued on Feb 21, 2006. Check the license (California G47339, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ira Bell
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Dermatology Physician 207N00000X
- License number
- G47339 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 23832 Rockfield Blvd, Lake Forest, CA 92630
- Phone
- (949) 770-8115
- Enumerated
- Feb 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 6, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (949) 770-2017
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100923001521); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Rutgers R W Johnson Medical School (Cam/New Bruns/Pisc), 1979
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ira Bell in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G47339Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
74% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average dermatology physician in 2024
208 Medicare Part D claims for 105 beneficiaries, against an average of 797 among the 12,802 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Betamethasone Diprop Augmented38 claims
- Cephalexin20 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate16 claims
- Fluocinonide16 claims
- Metronidazole16 claims
- Mupirocin15 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,620.37
83 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 10,250 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,544.61 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Kim Tang MD IncLake Forest, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ira Bell among 2,083 dermatology physician records in California
Ira Bell, M.D. is one of 2,083 dermatology physician records with a practice address in California. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated1979 · median 2006 among the 1,450 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207N00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Dermatology Physician providers in California
There are 2,083 dermatology physician records in California.
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The 8 dermatology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Karen Benik, M.D.Lake Forest, CA 926301447226386
- Azin Meshkinpour, M.D., M.P.H.Lake Forest, CA 926301205802089
- Kim Tang, M.D.Lake Forest, CA 926301790746147
- Sam Truong, M.D.Lake Forest, CA 926301841516689
- Maryam Moinfar, MDDana Point, CA 926291376515403
- Daniel Dwyer, M.D.Costa Mesa, CA 926271992889232
- Rita Nijjar, PA-CCosta Mesa, CA 926271245306935
- Margaret Shannon, M.D.Costa Mesa, CA 926271265449441
Common questions
What is Ira Bell, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ira Bell, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1336114545, issued on Feb 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ira Bell, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 23832 Rockfield Blvd, Lake Forest, CA, 92630. Phone: (949) 770-8115. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ira Bell, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number G47339, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ira Bell, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ira Bell, M.D. had 208 Medicare Part D claims for 105 beneficiaries; the average among dermatology physician prescribers was 797. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ira Bell, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.